Three new tags that allow easy creation of links to messages, threads and forums have just been released:
To create a link to a message in the current thread, use the [msg] tag with the message number like this:
[msg=16]
Creates this link:
To create a link to a message in another thread of the same forum, include both the thread number and the message number, in that order, like this:
[msg=66,14]
Creates this link:
To create a link to a message in a thread in a different forum, include the forum number, the thread number, and the message number, in that order, like this:
[msg=5,423,6]
Creates this link:
To exclude the message subtitle from the link name, include a minus sign in front of the message number. To leave out the thread link, include a minus sign in front of the thread number. To leave out the forum link, include a minus sign in front of the forum number. If we take the previous example and prefix the numbers with minus signs:
[msg=-5,-423,-6]
Creates this link:
To create a link to a thread in the same forum, do this:
[thread=18]
Creates this link:
To create a link to a thread in a different forum, include both the forum number and the thread number, in that order, like this:
[thread=7,81]
Creates this link:
To exclude the word "Thread" or the forum link, include minus signs like this:
[thread=-7,-81]
Creates this link:
Create a link to a forum like this:
[forum=9]
Creates this link:
To exclude the word "Forum", include a minus sign like this:
[forum=-9]
Creates this link:
[forum=-9]
--Percy